St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
MUSIC IN MINNEAPOLIS.

The amateur opera company of Min
neapoliS that made such a success last
year, will hold meeting next Friday
evening in Dyer's hall to organize for
the coming season, to choose work, and
SO on. Mr.. Patten will preside, and it is
believed ''Iolanthe" will be the opera
chosen.
C.Heintzemann, an old band leader
thirty boys that will bid fair to rival
Hensler's boys in Milwaukee.
A very fine sacred concert will be
given this afternoon under the direction
of Willard Patten at the First Baptist
church. Among the singers will be
Miss Ella Mitchell, soprano solo, "The
Better Land;" Mrs. q. S.. Butler, con-
tfalto solo. 'One Sweetly Solemn
Thoughts" male quartette, Messrs.
Root, Robinson, Richardson and Loye.
The organ will be presided over by
Prof. Woodruff. Alternating with these
numbers the practice of new hymns will
be given by the congregation, led by
Mr.. Patten. the director.
DIR. ShryOck is working hard at new
musical educational work.. which he
says will be his last. The eight works
now used in the public schools are all
either by this fine musical scholar, or
compilations of his.
The ladies of Calvary Baptist church
are arranging to have concert to be
directed by Carl Lachmund, in Nicollet
hall. corner Twenty-siXth and NicOilet
avenue. the evening OF Nov. 2. Miss
Lucy Williams and Prof. Patten will
sing, while Carl Lachmund will play a
piano solo.
The lecture course of the Y. P. A, of
the First Baptist church, will be very
IMPORTANT one, including as it does an
address from Dr.. Joseph H. Parker, of
London, who came to this country to
deliver the Grafton on Henry w.
Beecher. The third lecture will in
clude on its programme the appearance
of Carl Lachmund's Juvenile string
orchestra and piano solo by Carl
Lachmund.
The st. Mark collection of music for
church service, being published at pres
ent by George MolineauX in New York,
is the joint work of MeSsrs. A. NJ.
Shuey and Willard Patten, of Minneap-
oils. The music and setting is very at
tractiye, and the whole thing reflects
credit both on the city and these artists.
a. Frank DanZ' winter concert season
will begin in Harmonic hall the first
Sunday i'll November, that is the 9th.
Fine music may be looked for on that
ana every other occasion this OrganlZa-
ton plays.
The season of the Philharmonic soci-
ETY., under the direction of L. w. Bal
Iard. VIII commence rehearsing Mon
dayevening, Get. "a, at 1880 o'clock at
the Century piano rooms, and continue
every Monday evening through the sea-
son. Among the works to be studied
are .Haydn's ''OratOriO of the CreatiOn,"
Farmers Mass in Bb,'' 'St Cecilie's
Day. ETC., and several concerts will be
given.
There is movement on foot to keep
up the excellent chorus work of Prof.
Stenpf's chorus at the Exposition dur
ing the winter, and of course that eX-
cellent driller himself will be put at the
head of affairs, once it gets started.
The meeting held last Wednesday in
Fofd'S music hall, st. Paul. to organize
a State Musical association has been
fully reported in the GLOBE already, so
it is only necessary to add things are
getting we'll under way, and the asso-
clation promises to be full of success
and usefulness.